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Table 3 Mr. A and Mrs. B DSQ mean scores and healthy sample mean scores. The asterisk indicates deviance from normal values on the basis of standardized distance from the population mean and significance of the mechanism on the basis of the number of items.

From: Dissecting the determinants of depressive disorders outcome: an in depth analysis of two clinical cases

Defense Mechanisms

Healthy Men Sample Scores (Mean ± SD)

Mr. A Scores

Healthy Women Sample Scores (Mean ± SD)

Mrs. B Scores

Acting-out

3.52 ± 1.77

4.8

4.06 ± 1.66

4.4

Affiliation

2.79 ± 2.05

5

3.48 ± 2.24

5

Undoing

2.67 ± 1.67

2

2.60 ± 1.80

4.33

Anticipation

4.86 ± 2.10

7.5*

4.97 ± 2.13

6.5

Passive aggressive

2.74 ± 1.47

2.8

2.81 ± 1.45

2.4

Consumption

1.94 ± 1.67

2.33

2.56 ± 1.70

1.33

Denial

1.80 ± 1.29

3.5

1.43 ± 1.32

3

Fantasy

4.52 ± 2.87

6

4.78 ± 2.83

5

Reaction formation

2.80 ± 1.60

3.8

2.93 ± 1.60

5.2*

Primitive idealization

3.14 ± 2.29

4

3.62 ± 2.58

6.5

Projective identification

0.98 ± 1.86

1

1.51 ± 2.45

5

Inhibition

2.96 ± 1.72

3.8

3.56 ± 1.84

7*

Isolation

3.10 ± 1.65

3

2.47 ± 1.59

4.5*

Help-rejecting complaining

2.22 ± 1.97

2

2.28 ± 1.96

4

Omnipotence

2.71 ± 1.61

2.5

2.27 ± 1.58

1.33

Task-orientation

4.87 ± 2.37

6.5

5.18 ± 2.12

2.5

Projection

1.62 ± 1.06

2.44

1.79 ± 1.19

2.44

Pseudo-altruism

5.69 ± 2.10

7

6.22 ± 1.91

8

Regression

2.30 ± 2.02

5

3.31 ± 2.12

6.5

Suppression

3.94 ± 2.08

5

3.58 ± 2.18

3

Withdrawal

4.56 ± 2.05

6.33

5.47 ± 1.93

7.33

Splitting

3.45 ± 2.09

4

3.40 ± 1.98

4.67

Somatization

1.97 ± 2.09

4

2.97 ± 2.28

5.5

Sublimation

2.05 ± 2.65

5*

2.60 ± 2.98

5

Humor

4.69 ± 1.84

4.33

4.57 ± 1.93

4.33